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Special Weather Statement, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this special weather statement at Sep 14, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT for LaGrange County, Steuben County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2021, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties LaGrange County, IN, Steuben County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 14, 7:12 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 7:12 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Northern Indiana 336 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021 INZ004>009-012>018-020-022>026-032-033-MIZ078>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-151945- St. Joseph IN-Elkhart-Lagrange-Steuben-Noble-De Kalb-Starke-Pulaski- Marshall-Fulton IN-Kosciusko-Whitley-Allen IN-White-Cass IN-Miami- Wabash-Huntington-Wells-Grant-Blackford-Cass MI-St. Joseph MI-Branch- Hillsdale-Williams-Fulton OH-Defiance-Henry-Paulding- 336 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021 /236 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 498 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions. INZ027-034-OHZ016-024-025-151945- Adams-Jay-Putnam-Van Wert-Allen OH- 336 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Thunderstorms are likely late this afternoon and evening. Some storms could be strong to severe. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. INZ003-MIZ077-151945- La Porte-Berrien- 336 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021 /236 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 498 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. Beach Hazards Statement. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A Moderate Swim Risk for southeast Lake Michigan beaches will linger into Wednesday morning. Breaking waves and currents are expected. See the latest surf zone forecast for details. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. LMZ043-046-151945- New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI-Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI- 336 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 498 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters of southeastern Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The probability of widespread hazardous weather is low.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 14, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
601 PM EDT TUE SEP 14 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 2 SW GRANGER 41.71N 86.17W
09/14/2021 E0.25 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIA
&&Local storm report, Sep 14, 6:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 5:06 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | IWX | 30 hr | |
| Sep 14, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Steuben | 23 min |
| Sep 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski, White | 47 min |
| Sep 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Fulton, Miami | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 49 min |
| Sep 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass, Huntington, Miami, Wabash | 66 min |
| Sep 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 45 min |
| Sep 14, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Branch, Hillsdale, Saint Joseph | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Hillsdale | 30 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.